More Writing Thoughts

I've entered. Now it's a waiting game until March 1 when the winners are announced. (And to my reader who was reading the revised version, keep reading! I'll still welcome any feedback.)

I read the story aloud tonight before submitting and discovered some interesting things:

• The hero took off the heroine's suit jacket even though she had already taken it off herself earlier.
• He took her hand twice in the last scene. He doesn't take both hands; no, he takes her hand twice.
• The hero refers to an event that happened "yesterday" when it really happened that morning.
• I used the same phrase twice in one paragraph several times.

I fixed these problems and definitely recommend reading your work aloud for just this reason.

I submitted under a psuedonym. When I first starting writing romance in high school, my pseudonym was going to be Rebecca Lindsay. I'd never read Johanna Lindsay, by the way; I just liked the sound of the name. I guess even then I knew that if I ever published fiction, it wouldn't be under my given name. I thought about sticking with the first name at least, but it doesn't have the same rhythm as the one I ultimately went with.

Speaking of which, it doesn't have to be a huge secret, but I'll still put the name of my alter-ego in the comments section rather than in the body of the post.

Wish me luck . . .